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CVE-2025-40041

7.8 · HIGH
Published Oct 28, 2025 EPSS 0.14% (4th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2025-40041 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on October 28, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

LoongArch: BPF: Sign-extend struct ops return values properly

The ns_bpf_qdisc selftest triggers a kernel panic:

Oops[#1]:

CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000741d58, era == 90000000851b5ac0, ra == 90000000851b5aa4

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 449 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G OE 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(full)

Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE

Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022

pc 90000000851b5ac0 ra 90000000851b5aa4 tp 90000001076b8000 sp 90000001076bb600

a0 0000000000741ce8 a1 0000000000000001 a2 90000001076bb5c0 a3 0000000000000008

a4 90000001004c4620 a5 9000000100741ce8 a6 0000000000000000 a7 0100000000000000

t0 0000000000000010 t1 0000000000000000 t2 9000000104d24d30 t3 0000000000000001

t4 4f2317da8a7e08c4 t5 fffffefffc002f00 t6 90000001004c4620 t7 ffffffffc61c5b3d

t8 0000000000000000 u0 0000000000000001 s9 0000000

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-40041?

CVE-2025-40041 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on October 28, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2025-40041?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-40041?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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